John Howard - Senior Program Manager in the Hyper-V team at Microsoft
Senior Program Manager, Hyper-V team, Windows Core Operating System Division.
Vista Beta 1 and Smartcard Readers - USB may be a better option?
For connecting to the Microsoft Corporate Network over VPN, we use connection manager and...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/18/2005
Vista Beta 1 Sound Setting
I've been playing with Vista Beta 1 over the past few days, and although I can get it working...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/18/2005
Part 5: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - Exchange mailbox and Outlook Profile
Continuing the blogcast series on infrastructure essentials. The next stage in our infrastructure is...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/17/2005
The worlds most powerful gaming server?
So what do you do with a Unisys ES7000 32 CPU / 32 GB RAM Server with Microsoft Windows 2003...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/16/2005
Lateral thinking - ADSI LDAP Provider to add users to groups
I've been meaning to blog this for a couple of weeks now. I was approached by Gagik with a query...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/15/2005
Network diagram correction
Well spotted to the people who noticed the deliberate mistake on my network diagram to support the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/12/2005
Part 4: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - ISA and WPAD configuration
Continuing the blogcast series on infrastructure essentials. Where we left off, we were able to...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/11/2005
Windows Genuine Advantage
You may have noticed, if you've been downloading anything recently from microsoft.com, that with the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/10/2005
Security management column
<wear type="flameproof"> Jeffrey R. Jones, the Director of the Microsoft Security Business...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/09/2005
How to upgrade from SUS to WSUS
Marc Shepard, a Program Manager for Microsoft in the US held a session at Tech·Ed Orlando...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/08/2005
Using Virtual Server 2005 at Microsoft IT - the webcast
After posting up the link to the whitepaper about how Microsoft IT is using Virtual Server...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/05/2005
IT Forum 2005 - Barcelona
The Microsoft IT Forum 2005 web-site is now live to take registrations. The agenda is being...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/05/2005
Virtual Server 2005 usage by Microsoft IT
This really interesting white paper was published just over a week ago. It describes how Virtual...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/04/2005
Part 3: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - ISA Firewall client
Continuing the blogcast series on infrastructure essentials.Part three of this blogcast series looks...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/04/2005
MOM SP1 is available for download
So hot off the heals of getting MOM 2005 installed with SQL 2004 SP4 , I find out that SP1 for MOM...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/03/2005
Installing MOM 2005 with SQL 2000 SP4
I was attempting to install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 on my laptop a week or so ago, and...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/02/2005
Part 2: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - ISA 2004 rules to allow web browsing
Continuing the blogcast series on infrastructure essentials. Yesterday, we saw an overview of our...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/02/2005
Part 1: Infrastructure essentials Blogcast - Getting started
Part 1. Starting with the basics.... (it does get more complex, a lot more complex, I assure you)....
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/02/2005
Software Assurance Program Enhancements
On 15th September, there will be four global webcasts at different times throughout the day to cater...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 08/01/2005
IE7 Easter Egg
Easter eggs in Microsoft software are these days unfortunately very few and far between - however,...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/30/2005
WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)
I just noticed that my there's a firmware update available for one of my wireless routers I use at...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/29/2005
Data Protection Manager usage at Microsoft
More interesting stuff I just came across - a case study which details how Data Protection Manager...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/28/2005
Windows Vista Beta 1 Available for download
UPDATE: 9th June 2006. Windows Vista Beta 2 download informationNow available for download, if you...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/28/2005
TCP/IP Implementation in Windows Server 2003 and XP
Here's a really interesting document I stumbled across yesterday, especially having written part of...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/27/2005
Virtual Machine detection from guests
There are a few "known" hacks to determine if a program is running under a Virtual Machine,...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/26/2005
Group Policy Wiki
I must learn more about Wiki's - it's not something I've been inclined particularly to look at in...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/25/2005
Longhorn renamed - it will be Windows Vista
Yes, you heard right. I found out a little while ago and there's been a few rumours flying over the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/22/2005
Implementing VPN Quarantine
I see a busy weekend coming up :-) Not that I'm complaining - I'm up for the challenge.... Now that...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/22/2005
Malicious Software Removal Tool
As much as a bookmark blog as anything else so I know where to find it. You may have seen the...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/21/2005
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Performance Tips (KB903748)
Just spotted this one released a few days ago. Much of the information in there is pretty well known...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/20/2005
Popup follow-on from yesterday
Well, there is another difference between the msgbox function and popup method as was pointed out to...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/20/2005
How to automatically dismiss scripted dialogs boxes - alternative to msgbox function
I guess I've been doing a fair bit of scripting recently - admittedly nowhere near as much as I did...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/19/2005
Debug logging and tracing with Automated Deployment Services (ADS)
I'm nearly bald this morning. Last Friday I had what was nearly a full head of hair. Long story, but...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/18/2005
Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2
At the World Wide Partner Conference last week, there was an interesting announcement which didn't...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/15/2005
64-bit Computing on Windows Server System
If you're now looking at 64-bit Computing on the Windows Server System, there's lots of information...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/14/2005
Active Directory Remote Administration
There is a webcast on 22nd July at 17:30 (UK) about Active Directory Remote Administration - a topic...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/13/2005
MS Press Book on Group Policy
The Group Policy book from the Windows Server Resource Kit has recently been made available through...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/12/2005
MBSA 2.0 (Microsoft Baseline Security Analyser) Released
After blogging about the beta of MBSA v2.0 a couple of months ago, I have to thank Steve for giving...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/11/2005
Windows Server 2003 SP1 through Automatic Updates
Just a heads up on this one. If you are running Windows Server 2003 RTM currently and have your...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/07/2005
Stopping Virtual Machines accidentally starting from Virtual Server admin interface
As much as I think the admin interface into Virtual Server 2005 is great, it does have a couple of...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/06/2005
VMWare at TechEd Europe 2005 Day 1
OK, so kind of an interesting topic for a Microsoft employee presenting at TechEd about Virtual...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/05/2005
Generic scripted weekly backup solution - your feedback results
Following last weeks post regarding the script I used to back up my home Exchange 2003 SP1 Server...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/05/2005
Teched Europe 2005 Pre-Conference Day
So I'm over in Amsterdam right now on the Teched Europe 2005 pre-conference day. As much as I'd want...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/04/2005
What does each Windows Service do?
Another frequently asked question by many customers. A good answer can be found in the "Threats and...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 07/01/2005
Are Virtual PC for Windows files compatible with Virtual PC for Mac?
A frequent question by many. The answer is yes in both directions, with one caveat. The .vhd files...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/30/2005
Generic Exchange Backup Script (Backing up Exchange 2003 Part 2)
Update: 4th Nov - See updated and improved script hereAs part of my backup for Exchange I was...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/29/2005
Event ID 8017 Backing up Exchange 2003 Virtual Machines (Part 1)
I was thinking about this also at the weekend (I really should get out more) about how to reliably...
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/28/2005
Windows Sharepoint Services SP1 on Exchange 2003
This weekend, I was playing around yet more with my home infrastructure, "dogfooding", so to speak....
Author: John Howard -MSFT Date: 06/27/2005